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Best Indie Short
Clown by Dani Shear (USA)
No More Gravity At Night by Jaron Wong (China)
The Serena Variations by Warren Fischer (USA)
The Stars in New Mexico by Kyle Rankin (USA)
What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith by Benjamin Pollack (USA)
Best Drama Short
A Father’s Job by Frank Christian Wagner (Germany)
Angel Fleet by Tristan Loraine (UK)
Noteworthy by Michele LaBrucherie (USA)
Process by Patrick Gather (UK)
The Cut by Eric Chen (USA)
Best Student Short
Back Seat by Maya Chodus (Israel)
Homing by Ricardo J. Varona (USA)
Likes by Shuyue Su (USA)
Shayna Punim by Emilie Anderson (USA)
Waar thuis was by Youri Smaal (Netherlands)
Best Documentary Short
Jardines by Alfredo Torres (Costa Rica)
Judging Juries by Abby Ginzberg (USA)
Lighthouse by Lola Mei Ellis (USA)
Best Romantic Short
Love Sink in Tide by Pengyu Yan and Hongdi Xiao (China)
The Dog Days by Ryan Kurt Whiting (USA)
The Last Take by Brian Foyster (USA)
Best Comedy Short
Barefoot by Julia Knox and Kasey Orthmann (USA)
It Is What It Is (Or The Standards Of Outrage) by Beth Riesgraf (USA)
Partly Hazy by John Brownell (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short
Deja Vu Liquor by David Milan Kelly (USA)
Dinner is Served by Aleksandr Boikov (USA)
Uninsured by Jamal McLemore (USA)
Best Crime Short
Along a Trail of Blood by Emil Ramos and Mattias Ramos (Sweden)
The Low and Mighty by Péter Karácsony (Hungary)
The Watson Journals by Michael Cox (New Zealand)
Best Film Noir Short
Desire by Jason Chu (USA)
Invisible Scars by Serge Alhelayel (Lebanon)
Under the Cover of Darkness by Ash Wing (USA)
Best Mystery Short
Domino Springs by Dan Hertzog (USA)
Pie by Janush Libicki (USA)
The Botanists by Quinn Sheehan-Hipple (USA)
Best Thriller Short
Put Him Down by Kristofer Haase (USA)
Rat in the Kitchen by Arkish Aftab (India)
Still Hunting by Chris Vinan (USA)
Best Horror Short
Bildur Aize by Daniel Llusa Ribes (Spain)
Boyhoarder by Gabrielle Carrubba (USA)
Gancho by Michael Lucas (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short
Solitary Waves by Thomas Dubois (France)
The Device Pt. 1 by Kellen E Malloy (USA)
The Girl Trapped on the Rooftop by Tao Zhang (China)
Best Fantasy Short
Fish Out Of Town by Sofia Garza-Barba (USA)
Mirage by Sophie Penn (USA)
Ope by Daniel Bradford (UK)
Best Animation Short
Malas Hierbas by Aleix Arazo, Eugenio Cuesta, Mahi García García, Sandra Martos, Cristina Merino, Ricard Molist, and Didac Pardo (Spain)
The Brave Locomotive by Andrew Chesworth (USA)
Tree by Jeongmin Koo (USA)
Best Children Short
Five and a Half by Heidi Nyburg (USA)
Pentaclub by Roberto Strazzarino (Italy)
What if I Never Wake Up Again? by Yiqing Hu (USA)
Best Women Short
Cheers, by Jillian Smith, Reagan Yorke, and SQ Film (USA)
The Climbing Rose of the Garden District by David Pons (USA)
You Need to Process This by Eleanor Morrison (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short
All’s Well by Paulina May Casey (USA)
Marie s’envole by Léa Sassi (France)
The Acting Coach by Ingvill Thorson Plesner (Norway)
Best Experimental Short
Cornerboy by Kai Kurve (Germany)
Moments by Lu Xia (China)
Waving by Rolfin Nyhus and Steven Brumwell (UK)
Best Microfilm
Hold On by Ryan Daniel Kavanagh (USA)
Love of Magdalena by Iva Kevra (Ireland)
Swoon by Erika Maish (USA)
Best Music Video
AMMO – Harm by Adrian Pruett and AMMO (USA)
Cinerama – Mad Fox by Matt Fulks, aka Mad Fox (USA)
Venom by Alfredo Vidal (USA)
Best Screendance Short
Replica by SimonaGun aka, Nicolas Simon and Virna Hagen Auvergne (France)
Shimmer by Marta ?wierczy?ska and Anna Watkins (UK)
The Deepest Dance by André Musgrove (Bahamas)
Best Female Director
Beth Riesgraf for It Is What It Is (Or The Standards Of Outrage) (USA)
Léa Sassi for Marie s’envole (France)
Michele LaBrucherie for Noteworthy (USA)
Best Male Director
Eric Chen for The Cut (USA)
Patrick Gather for Process (UK)
Rolfin Nyhus and Steven Brumwell for Waving (UK)
Best Student Female Director
Shuyue Su for Likes (USA)
Sophie Penn for Mirage (USA)
Yiqing Hu for What if I Never Wake Up Again? (USA)
Best Student Male Director
Péter Karácsony for The Low and Mighty (Hungary)
Ricardo J. Varona for Homing (USA)
Youri Smaal for Waar thuis was (Netherlands)
Best First Time Female Director
Dani Shear for Clown (USA)
Ingvill Thorson Plesner for The Acting Coach (Norway)
Jessica Gohlke for The Climbing Rose of the Garden District (USA)
Best First Time Male Director
Benjamin Pollack for What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith (USA)
Roberto Strazzarino for Pentaclub (Italy)
Warren Fischer for The Serena Variations (USA)
Best Actress
June Assal for Marie s’envole (France)
Naomi Rubin for Thirteen (USA)
Zohar Meidan for Back Seat (Israel)
Best Actor
Frank Noon for What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith (USA)
Nathan Barnatt for Clown (USA)
Tim McKiernan for Noteworthy (USA)
Best Supporting Actress
Constance Cooper for The Botanists (USA)
Debbie Pollack for What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith (USA)
Denise Trankalis for The Acting Coach (Norway)
Best Supporting Actor
Arthur Roberts for Uninsured (USA)
James Hal Hardy for Five and a Half (USA)
Scott Thomas Reynolds for Noteworthy (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress
Ana Lozano for Fish Out Of Town (USA)
Lauren Jude Rosa for Five and a Half (USA)
Roxana Contreras for Homing (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor
Guy Heilweil for What if I Never Wake Up Again? (USA)
Kue Lawrence for Clown (USA)
Noah Kirschtenstein for Deja Vu Liquor (USA)
Best Acting Duo
Landon Tavernier and Colin Ward for Pie (USA)
Mary Holland and Matt Peters for You Need to Process This (USA)
Taylor Dupuis and Tyler Weisenauer for The Stars in New Mexico (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast
Jared Day, Arthur Roberts, and Hamilton Mitchell for Uninsured (USA)
Jon Fletcher, Jee Young Han, Craig Frank, Aleyse Shannon, Russ Bain, Bianca Cristavao, Darwin Shaw, and Hayley Magnus for It Is What It Is (Or The Standards Of Outrage) (USA)
Lucy Faust, Beth Bartley, Jillian Kinsey, Kamille McCuin, and Lauren L. Murray for The Climbing Rose of the Garden District (USA)
Best Cinematography
Andrew Alderslade for Waving (UK)
Jens Schaffner for A Father’s Job (Germany)
Matthew Santo for The Serena Variations (USA)
Best Editing
Brian Gonosey for It Is What It Is (Or The Standards Of Outrage) (USA)
Jillian Smith and Reagan Yorke for Cheers, (USA)
John W. Walter for The Serena Variations (USA)
Best Original Score
Ludek Drizhal for Thirteen (USA)
Mønochef for The Cut (USA)
Robin Hoffmann for A Father’s Job (Germany)
Best Original Story
Benjamin Pollack for What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith (USA)
Munir Atalla for Homing (USA)
Roberto Strazzarino and Maria Pia Alibrandi for Pentaclub (Italy)
See also
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